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Bloomsburg High Wins Commercial Event Again f- ft m l- The fifth annual conference of the Pennsylvania Business Educators' Association, in session Friday and Saturday at the Sunbury High School, was climaxed with a commercial contest in which contestants from nineteen of the leading schools of the state participated. Bloomsburg High scored its second victory of the contest season by securing fourteen points; with John Harris, of Harrisburg, placing second with ten points, and Biglerville third with eight points. This is the first time in the history of the state contests that one school has won first prize in both the Bloomsburg State Teachers College contest and the Pennsylvania Business Educators' Association contest. These are the only two contests conducted in the state, and are open to any school within the state. The victory was all the more I heartening to the local students,! because the B.S.T.C. contest is for the advanced students only, whereas the Sunbury contest was open for first, second and third-year students, and they all made *oodj showings. In the novice shorthand event,; Louise Gross, from the shorthand class of William Shutt, was first; in the novice typing event, Christine Bachinger, from the class of Edward J. Brown was second. The locals were represented in the skilled events by students from the classes of J. Wesley Knorr, with Catherine Shaffer scoring second in typing, and Janet Veley second in shorthand. Athamantia Comuntzis was entered in the experienced shorthand group, and Getha Bomboy in the experienced typing contest. Although they did not score team points, they placed well in their respective fields. The conference was well attended by business educators from throughout the state, with Dr. Harold B. Buckley, chief of business education of the Department of Public Instruction, having charge of the symposium. W. C. Forney, director of business education, of the local college, participated in the Saturday morning symposium when the theme, "Business Education Advancing in Pennsylvania," was developed. Schools contesting in the shorthand and typing events were: Ardentsville, Bloomsburg, Biglerville, Catawissa, Coaldale, Herndon, Hershey, John Harris of Harrisburg, Jersey Shore, Kutztown, Lancaster, Mechanicsburg, Mahanoy City, Northumberland, Palmyra, Ralston, Sunbury, Steelton and Trevorton. The tabulated results follow: Skilled typing???free-for-all typewriting???First, Betty Getz, Mechanicsburg. 74 net words a minute; second. Catherine Shaffer. Bloomsburg, 64 words; third, Betty Heist, Harrisburg. 63 words; fourth, Ada Reba Buckwalter, Lancaster, 62 words. second. Jack Runkle, Harrisburg, 55 words; third, Fern Desenberg, Steelton, 52 words fourth, Robert Usner, Lancaster, 51 words. Novice typing???First, Paul J. Kuhn. Biglerville, 48 words; second, tristine Ba f linger, Bloomsburg, words; third, lona Keyser, Northumberland, 43 words; fourth, Florence Kelshaw, Lancaster, 43 words. Beginning shorthand???dictation at 60 words per minute???First. Louise Gross, Bloomsburg; second. Mary Gustin, Steelton; third. Shirley Herman. Northumberland. Experienced shorthand???dictation at 90 words per minute???First, Gloria Boyer, Lancaster; second, Katye Rominsky, Biglerville; third, Alfred Baum, Northumberland. Skilled shorthand???dictation al 110 words per minute???First, Janet Finley, Harrisburg; second, Janet Velcy, Bloomsburg; third, Edwin Leonard. Lancaster. Gold medals were awarded to first-place contestants with silver medals being given to second-place winners, and bronze medals to third-place contestants. Bloomsburg fon the gold cup, symbolizing the ctorious team. The only member of the B.S.T.C. contest team to take part in this contest was Catherine ShafTcr. She was third in the local contest and second in the contest Saturday. Evidently local businessmen arc taking notice of the records made by local students, as Miss Shaffer has accepted an office position in the employ of Paul Girton, owner of the Girton Manufacturing Company of Millvillc. In the same office are two other girls who competed successfully in the commercial contests College Scores CrJ )*/CA By The Associated Press Saturday's Scores Lafayette 5, Lehigh 0. Susquehanna 5, Maravian 4, 9, Haverford 3. Ursinus 3, Gettysburg 2. Villanova 3, Williams 1. Elizabethtown 4, Penn Military 3 Dickinson 3, Muhlenberg 0. Army 9, Penn 6. Temple 5, City College New York 4. Pitt 7, West Virginia 5, first. Pitt 5, West Virginia 3, second. Penn A. C. 4, West Chester 2. , Syracuse 12, Penn State 8. Alumni 4, Drexel 2. v County PTA Meets ??? .??????;, Hears Report of Member' ship; Mis* Shaw fs Speaker at Scott The annual dinner meeting of the Columbia County Council of the Parents and Teachers was held last evening at the Scott township High School. Jay Derr was toastmaster. The feature of the evening waran address by Miss Ethel Shaw, a member of the English department of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, who spoke on "National Relationships." The program opened with a trio from Orangeville under the direction of Miss Beatrice Thomas. "My Rosary" and "Them Golden Slippers" were sung by Althea Parsell, Dawn Allabaugh and Patsy Connor, accompanied by Miss Thomas. Mrs. J. J. Fisher presided at the business session and reported there are about 1.000 member.- in Ihe county, with thirteen organized units. She reported this is a record enrollment. She announced a leadership training school for parents and teachers will be held at Buckncll University early in July to train leaders for P.T.A. work. The school will be in session one week, and members were urged to attend. Robert Fausey, of Espy, entertained with a trombone solo. Mrs. Romainc Remlcy, of Orangeville, read two poems, "The Rounded Life" and "An American's Prayer." Miss Jean Harrison, of Fishingcreek, sang "Shortnin' Bread" and "Somewhere a Voice is Calling." Mrs. Fisher presented new charters to all of the units. These new charters are presented every five years. Miss Shaw' said in part: "Many immigrants' names are being changed in order that they can be more easily pronounced. This is being done to help prevent a feeling of inferiority. For to feel inferior is to be inferior. She mentioned Louis Adamic's books, "The Native's Return" and ("From Many Lands." In these 'books, she said, the author tells of the new Americans and how they are made to feel inferior. Mr. Adamic's is a Yugoslavian by birth but is naturalized. He was sent to study his native country- On his return he wrote "From Many Lands," in which he describes twelve case histories of very interesting American people of foreign birth. Miss Shaw closed with the thought that perhaps those who chose America appreciate it more than those who are born here. The meeting closed with "God Bless America" and the benediction by the Rev. Howard Fitzgerald, of Mifflinville.

Bloomsburg High Wins Commercial Event Again f- ft m l- The fifth annual conference of the Pennsylvania Business Educators' Association, in session Friday and Saturday at the Sunbury High School, was climaxed with a commercial contest in which contestants from nineteen of the leading schools of the state participated. Bloomsburg High scored its second victory of the contest season by securing fourteen points; with John Harris, of Harrisburg, placing second with ten points, and Biglerville third with eight points. This is the first time in the history of the state contests that one school has won first prize in both the Bloomsburg State Teachers College contest and the Pennsylvania Business Educators' Association contest. These are the only two contests conducted in the state, and are open to any school within the state. The victory was all the more I heartening to the local students,! because the B.S.T.C. contest is for the advanced students only, whereas the Sunbury contest was open for first, second and third-year students, and they all made *oodj showings. In the novice shorthand event,; Louise Gross, from the shorthand class of William Shutt, was first; in the novice typing event, Christine Bachinger, from the class of Edward J. Brown was second. The locals were represented in the skilled events by students from the classes of J. Wesley Knorr, with Catherine Shaffer scoring second in typing, and Janet Veley second in shorthand. Athamantia Comuntzis was entered in the experienced shorthand group, and Getha Bomboy in the experienced typing contest. Although they did not score team points, they placed well in their respective fields. The conference was well attended by business educators from throughout the state, with Dr. Harold B. Buckley, chief of business education of the Department of Public Instruction, having charge of the symposium. W. C. Forney, director of business education, of the local college, participated in the Saturday morning symposium when the theme, "Business Education Advancing in Pennsylvania," was developed. Schools contesting in the shorthand and typing events were: Ardentsville, Bloomsburg, Biglerville, Catawissa, Coaldale, Herndon, Hershey, John Harris of Harrisburg, Jersey Shore, Kutztown, Lancaster, Mechanicsburg, Mahanoy City, Northumberland, Palmyra, Ralston, Sunbury, Steelton and Trevorton. The tabulated results follow: Skilled typing???free-for-all typewriting???First, Betty Getz, Mechanicsburg. 74 net words a minute; second. Catherine Shaffer. Bloomsburg, 64 words; third, Betty Heist, Harrisburg. 63 words; fourth, Ada Reba Buckwalter, Lancaster, 62 words. second. Jack Runkle, Harrisburg, 55 words; third, Fern Desenberg, Steelton, 52 words fourth, Robert Usner, Lancaster, 51 words. Novice typing???First, Paul J. Kuhn. Biglerville, 48 words; second, tristine Ba f linger, Bloomsburg, words; third, lona Keyser, Northumberland, 43 words; fourth, Florence Kelshaw, Lancaster, 43 words. Beginning shorthand???dictation at 60 words per minute???First. Louise Gross, Bloomsburg; second. Mary Gustin, Steelton; third. Shirley Herman. Northumberland. Experienced shorthand???dictation at 90 words per minute???First, Gloria Boyer, Lancaster; second, Katye Rominsky, Biglerville; third, Alfred Baum, Northumberland. Skilled shorthand???dictation al 110 words per minute???First, Janet Finley, Harrisburg; second, Janet Velcy, Bloomsburg; third, Edwin Leonard. Lancaster. Gold medals were awarded to first-place contestants with silver medals being given to second-place winners, and bronze medals to third-place contestants. Bloomsburg fon the gold cup, symbolizing the ctorious team. The only member of the B.S.T.C. contest team to take part in this contest was Catherine ShafTcr. She was third in the local contest and second in the contest Saturday. Evidently local businessmen arc taking notice of the records made by local students, as Miss Shaffer has accepted an office position in the employ of Paul Girton, owner of the Girton Manufacturing Company of Millvillc. In the same office are two other girls who competed successfully in the commercial contests College Scores CrJ )*/CA By The Associated Press Saturday's Scores Lafayette 5, Lehigh 0. Susquehanna 5, Maravian 4, 9, Haverford 3. Ursinus 3, Gettysburg 2. Villanova 3, Williams 1. Elizabethtown 4, Penn Military 3 Dickinson 3, Muhlenberg 0. Army 9, Penn 6. Temple 5, City College New York 4. Pitt 7, West Virginia 5, first. Pitt 5, West Virginia 3, second. Penn A. C. 4, West Chester 2. , Syracuse 12, Penn State 8. Alumni 4, Drexel 2. v County PTA Meets ??? .??????;, Hears Report of Member' ship; Mis* Shaw fs Speaker at Scott The annual dinner meeting of the Columbia County Council of the Parents and Teachers was held last evening at the Scott township High School. Jay Derr was toastmaster. The feature of the evening waran address by Miss Ethel Shaw, a member of the English department of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, who spoke on "National Relationships." The program opened with a trio from Orangeville under the direction of Miss Beatrice Thomas. "My Rosary" and "Them Golden Slippers" were sung by Althea Parsell, Dawn Allabaugh and Patsy Connor, accompanied by Miss Thomas. Mrs. J. J. Fisher presided at the business session and reported there are about 1.000 member.- in Ihe county, with thirteen organized units. She reported this is a record enrollment. She announced a leadership training school for parents and teachers will be held at Buckncll University early in July to train leaders for P.T.A. work. The school will be in session one week, and members were urged to attend. Robert Fausey, of Espy, entertained with a trombone solo. Mrs. Romainc Remlcy, of Orangeville, read two poems, "The Rounded Life" and "An American's Prayer." Miss Jean Harrison, of Fishingcreek, sang "Shortnin' Bread" and "Somewhere a Voice is Calling." Mrs. Fisher presented new charters to all of the units. These new charters are presented every five years. Miss Shaw' said in part: "Many immigrants' names are being changed in order that they can be more easily pronounced. This is being done to help prevent a feeling of inferiority. For to feel inferior is to be inferior. She mentioned Louis Adamic's books, "The Native's Return" and ("From Many Lands." In these 'books, she said, the author tells of the new Americans and how they are made to feel inferior. Mr. Adamic's is a Yugoslavian by birth but is naturalized. He was sent to study his native country- On his return he wrote "From Many Lands," in which he describes twelve case histories of very interesting American people of foreign birth. Miss Shaw closed with the thought that perhaps those who chose America appreciate it more than those who are born here. The meeting closed with "God Bless America" and the benediction by the Rev. Howard Fitzgerald, of Mifflinville.